dock icons disappear

[integr8d]

Any ideas why dock icons would disappear without having been deleted? FCP3 and IE both did this. I replaced the FCP one but have left the IE gone for now. They weren't trashed. These also happen to be the only programs I really use.

Much thanks...

DP 1ghz, osx -latest, final cut -latest...

 

[edX]

i'm guessing you pulled them out by accident. i do this every now and then. my gf does it pretty regularly. the fact that they are the 2 you use a lot adds to my belief that this is it - when you're in a hurry, you tend to click and drag without realizing it.

anybody got any better ideas?

 

[azosx]

That's kind of strange. I've noticed the Dock can be strange at time. On my old PB, the trash would appear empty after a reboot until I opened it to reveal it's contents.

Nothing I did could fix this. It doesn't do it on my new PB though, nor did it ever do it on my Cube.

One thing I noticed when trying to isolate this problem is that Aqua is fighting really hard to coexist with it's UNIX core. Kind of like Windows 98 on top of DOS.

I won't go into detail but Apple has done a lot of things with OS X that aren't UNIX POSIX standard to retain it's OS 9 likeness, like the way programs are installed. I can see where this might cause things like the Dock and folders to goof up at times.

Hopefully there is over all better GUI and OS intergration in OS X "Jaguar."

All I can think is the Dock crashed, which it can, and restarted itself automatically, which it does, without those icons.